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Interviewee:

Dintenfass, Terry, 1920-  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul  Search this

Names:

Terry Dintenfass, Inc.  Search this

Alan, Charles, 1908?-1975  Search this

Baron, Herman, 1892-1961  Search this

Bloom, Hyman, 1913-  Search this

Erpf, Armand  Search this

Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973  Search this

Goodman, Sidney  Search this

Gwathmey, Robert, 1903-1988  Search this

Halpert, Edith Gregor, 1900-1970  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000  Search this

O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986  Search this

Watkins, Franklin Chenault, 1894-1972  Search this

Extent:

75 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1974 December 2-1975 January 13

Scope and Contents:

Interview of Terry Dintenfass conducted 1974 December 2-1975 January 13, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art, in her home in New York, New York.

Dintenfass speaks of her family; education; travel; studying with Franklin Chenault Watkins and Clayton Whitehall at the Philadelphia College of Art; working as a nurse; her galleries in Atlantic City, New Jersey; social protest painting; buying American paintings for Armand Erpf; her apprenticeship with Herman Baron; critics; discovering Sidney Goodman; women art dealers; and visiting Georgia O'Keeffe. She recalls Charles Alan, Hyman Bloom, Philip Evergood, Robert Gwathmey, Edith Halpert, Jacob Lawrence, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Terry Dintenfass (1920-2004) was an art dealer from New York, New York. She operated Terry Dintenfass, Inc.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav file. Duration is 2 hr., 38 min.

Provenance:

These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Women art dealers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.dinten74

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw964b3bacf-4a71-4c42-8cdb-bd2f3d610201

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-dinten74

Interviewee:

Alan, Charles, 1908?-1975  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul, 1933-1997  Search this

Subject:

Allen, Lawrence  Search this

Baker, Richard Brown  Search this

Davis, Stuart  Search this

Halpert, Edith Gregor  Search this

Hirshhorn, Joseph H.  Search this

Kuniyoshi, Yasuo  Search this

Landau, Felix  Search this

Levi, Julian E. (Julian Edwin)  Search this

Levine, Jack  Search this

Marin, John  Search this

Marin, John, Jr.  Search this

Root, Edward Wales  Search this

Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph)  Search this

Zerbe, Karl  Search this

Shahn, Ben  Search this

Geddes, Norman Bel  Search this

O'Keeffe, Georgia  Search this

Conner, Bruce  Search this

Harnett, William Michael  Search this

Askew, R. Kirk (Ralph Kirk)  Search this

Breinin, Raymond  Search this

Levy, Julien  Search this

Washburn, George  Search this

Downtown Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Yale School of Drama  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Charles Alan, 1970 August 20-25. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Set designers -- United States -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11699

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212203

AAA_collcode_alan70

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212203

Interviewee:

Alan, Charles, 1908?-1975  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul  Search this

Names:

Downtown Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Yale School of Drama -- Students  Search this

Allen, Lawrence  Search this

Askew, R. Kirk (Ralph Kirk), 1903-1974  Search this

Baker, Richard Brown  Search this

Breinin, Raymond, 1910-  Search this

Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008  Search this

Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964  Search this

Geddes, Norman Bel, 1893-1958  Search this

Halpert, Edith Gregor, 1900-1970  Search this

Harnett, William Michael, 1848-1892  Search this

Hirshhorn, Joseph H.  Search this

Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953  Search this

Landau, Felix, 1924-2003  Search this

Levi, Julian E. (Julian Edwin), 1900-1982  Search this

Levine, Jack, 1915-2010  Search this

Levy, Julien  Search this

Marin, John, 1870-1953  Search this

Marin, John, Jr., 1915?-1988  Search this

O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986  Search this

Root, Edward Wales, d. 1956  Search this

Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965  Search this

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969  Search this

Washburn, George  Search this

Zerbe, Karl, 1903-1972  Search this

Extent:

37 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1970 August 20-25

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Charles Alan conducted 1970 August 20-25, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.

Alan speaks of studying scene and stage design; attending Yale School of Drama; doing illustrations for various publications; traveling and studying in Europe; working as a set designer for MGM and Warner Brothers; his experiences working at the Downtown Gallery; his thoughts and recollections about Edith Halpert; leaving Downtown Gallery and starting his own gallery; his opinions on the future of small galleries in New York; museum purchases; Edith Halpert's art collection; selling his gallery to Felix Landau; and various thoughts concerning the art world. He recalls Norman Bell Geddes, Edith Halpert, Stuart Davis, Julien Levy, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Kirk Askew, Raymond Breinin, Ben Shahn, George Washburn, Edward Root, Joe Hirshhorn, John Marin, John Marin Jr., Lawrence Allen, Georgia O'Keeffe, William Harnett, Julian Levi, Jack Levine, Karl Zerbe, Bruce Conner, Richard Baker, Paul Sachs, and many others.

Biographical / Historical:

Charles Alan (1908?-1975) was an art dealer from New York, New York. Alan attended Horace Mann School, graduating in 1924. Attended Yale School of Drama in 1925, then worked as a set designer for MGM and Warner Brothers. In 1930, Alan became a theatrical set designer and director. After serving in the Army in World War II, he worked for Edith Halpert at the Downtown Gallery. In 1952, he opened the Charles Alan Gallery, specializing in contemporary art. Alan closed the gallery in 1970 to become a private dealer.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 58 min.

Provenance:

These interviews are part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Set Designers -- United States -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.alan70

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b58bbd57-ca81-4a18-a614-fc868226702e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-alan70

Creator:

Alan Gallery (Charles Alan)  Search this

Felix Landau Gallery  Search this

Names:

Downtown Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Landau-Alan Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Adkins, Paul, 1939-  Search this

Alan, Charles, 1908?-1975  Search this

Andrews, Oliver  Search this

Boyce, Richard, 1920-  Search this

Brice, William, 1921-2008  Search this

Burlin, Paul, 1886-1969  Search this

Cloar, Carroll  Search this

Cohen, George Michael, 1931-  Search this

Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008  Search this

Cremean, Robert, 1932-  Search this

D'Arista, Robert, 1929-  Search this

Fredenthal, David, 1914-1958  Search this

Guglielmi, Louis, 1906-1956  Search this

Hunt, Richard, 1935-  Search this

Katzman, Herbert, 1923-  Search this

King, William, 1925-2015  Search this

Kinigstein, Jonah, 1923-  Search this

Knipschild, Robert L. (Robert Leon), 1927-  Search this

Latham, John, 1921-2006  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000  Search this

Lea, Wesley  Search this

Levi, Julian E. (Julian Edwin), 1900-1982  Search this

Levine, Jack, 1915-2010  Search this

Lewandowski, Edmund, 1914-  Search this

Malaval, Robert, 1937-1980  Search this

Marcus, Marcia, 1928-  Search this

Meigs, Walter, 1918-1988  Search this

Millman, Edward, 1907-1964  Search this

Morris, George L. K., 1905-1975  Search this

Morris, Robert C., 1933-  Search this

Moses, Ed, 1926-  Search this

Novelli, Gastone, 1925-1968  Search this

Ohashi, Yutaka, 1923-1989  Search this

Oliveira, Nathan, 1928-2010  Search this

Oscar, Charles, 1923-  Search this

Pendergast, Eileen, 1937-  Search this

Preusser, Robert O. (Robert Ormerod), 1919-1992  Search this

Pribble, Easton, 1917-  Search this

Siporin, Mitchell, 1910-1976  Search this

Squier, Jack, 1927-  Search this

Tam, Reuben  Search this

Thomas, John, 1927-  Search this

Titus, Robert S.  Search this

Wilson, Bryan, 1927-  Search this

Zerbe, Karl, 1903-1972  Search this

Extent:

15.1 Linear feet

1 Film reel (Motion picture film (400 ft.), sd., b&w, 16 mm.)

1 Videocassettes (VHS) (Reference copy (12 min.) , sd., b&w, 1/2 in.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Film reels

Videocassettes (vhs)

Scrapbooks

Date:

1953-1970

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence with artists; general business correspondence, 1953-1969; legal documents (some pertaining to owner Charles Alan's separation from the Downtown Gallery and establishment of the Alan Gallery); business records, including price lists, inventories, loan agreements, purchase and consignment records, receipts for purchases, and general ledgers; a card file of gallery stock; two card files recording purchases; two scrapbooks of printed materials on gallery exhibitions; paid bills, statements, tax and insurance records; and photographs (reel 1400) of Landau-Alan Gallery stock, and of Alan Gallery artists.

Correspondents include: Paul Adkins, Oliver Andrews, Richard Boyce, William Brice, Paul Burlin, Carroll Cloar, George M. Cohen, Bruce Conner, Robert Cremean, Robert D'Arista, David Fredenthal, Louis Guglielmi, Richard Hunt, Herbert Katzman, William King, Jonah Kinigstein, Robert Knipschild, John Latham, Jacob Lawrence, Wesley Lea, Julian Levi, Jack Levine, Edmund Lewandowski, Robert Malaval, Marcia Marcus, Walter Meigs, Edward Millman, George L.K. Morris, Robert C. Morris, Edward Moses, Gastone Novelli, Yutaka Ohashi, Nathan Oliveira, Charles Oscar, Eileen Pendergast, Robert Preusser, Easton Pribble, Mitchell Siporin, Jack Squier, Reuben Tam, John Thomas, Robert S. Titus, Bryan Wilson, and Karl Zerbe.

Included in the collection are photographs of the following artists/and or works of art: Paul Adkins, Aubrey Beardsley, Richard Boyce, Robert Cremean, William Dole, Edwin Hewitt Collection, John Denman Collection, Paul Klee, Gustave Klimt, Jack Levine, E. L. T. Mesens, Elie Nadelman, Charles Oscar, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Eileen Prendergast, Joseph Stella, and Clara McDonald Williamson.

A print of the Bruce Conner film "A Movie" (1958) also available on videocassette (VHS), is also found in the collection.

Arrangement:

Artist correspondence is arranged alphabetically; business correspondence is arranged chronologically.

The gallery stock card file is arranged alphabetically by artist; one of the two card files listing works purchased from the Alan Gallery is arranged alphabetically by artist; the other is arranged alphabetically by purchaser.

Biographical / Historical:

The Alan Gallery was established by Charles Alan in 1952. In 1966, Felix Landau purchased the gallery and renamed it the Landau-Alan Gallery. After Alan left in 1969, the name was changed to the Felix Landau Gallery.

Provenance:

Donated 1971 and in 1973 by Charles Alan the founder of the Alan Gallery.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Photographic negatives, transparencies of works of art, paid bills, statements, and tax and insurance records are not microfilmed.

Function:

Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)

Genre/Form:

Scrapbooks

Identifier:

AAA.alangall

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99e9096b7-9645-4cd8-a77b-0f40f1150204

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-alangall

Creator:

Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008  Search this

Alan, Charles, 1908?-1975  Search this

Subject:

Alan Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Type:

Correspondence

Date:

1957

Citation:

Bruce Conner. Bruce Guldner Conner, Boulder, Colorado letter to Charles Alan, New York, New York, 1957. Alan Gallery records, 1953-1970. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art market  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)16436

See more items in:

Alan Gallery records, 1953-1970

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_16436

Interviewee:

Alan, Charles, 1908?-1975  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul, 1933-1997  Search this

Subject:

Kaufmann, Edgar  Search this

Louchheim, Joseph H.  Search this

McAndrew, John  Search this

Saarinen, Aline B. (Aline Bernstein)  Search this

Saarinen, Eero  Search this

Shaw, Elizabeth Roberts  Search this

Stanton, Frank  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Charles Alan on Aline Saarinen, 1973 February 17. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12458

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211923

AAA_collcode_alan73

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_211923

Creator:

Oliveira, Nathan, 1928-2010  Search this

Names:

Alan, Charles, 1908?-1975  Search this

Kantor, Paul, 1919-2002  Search this

Extent:

5.4 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 1 reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1951-1985

Scope and Contents:

REEL 642: 942 letters mainly relating to galleries, exhibitions and teaching. A large part of the correspondence is with Charles Alan and Paul Kantor. There are also 2 letters from Mark Tobey, and 1 each from Euguene Berman, Robert S. Neuman and James Hennesy. Also included is a scrapbook of 43 clippings about exhibitions; contracts, financial papers, and other material relating to his teaching career and to museum and gallery business matters; 17 exhibition announcements; 64 exhibition catalogs; 15 photographs of Oliveira and others; 2 drawings; and miscellaneous papers.

ADDITION: Press clippings, exhibition notices, and correspondence. [Portions previously microfilmed on reel 642].

Biographical / Historical:

Painter and teacher; Stanford, California.

Provenance:

Material on reel 642 lent for microfilming 1973-1974 by Oliveira. Portions subsequently donated by Oliveira along with additional, unmicrofilmed material in 1992.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Art teachers -- California -- Stanford  Search this

Painters -- California -- Stanford  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.olivnath

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ad890928-0f24-4395-99db-d323acc09f1b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-olivnath

Creator:

Smith, Suzanne Mullett  Search this

Names:

American Art Research Council  Search this

American University (Washington, D.C.). Fine Arts Dept. -- Faculty  Search this

Alan, Charles, 1908?-1975  Search this

Dove, Arthur Garfield, 1880-1946  Search this

Jewell, Edward Alden, 1888-1947  Search this

O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986  Search this

Phillips, Duncan, 1886-1966  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946  Search this

Extent:

3 Linear feet ((partially microfilmed on 3 reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1923-1989

Scope and Contents:

Primarily research material compiled by Smith for her MA Thesis on Arthur Dove (1944, American University), and for the American Art Research Council, and papers relating to Smith's personal life and career as a painter.

REEL 1043: Photocopies of 19 letters and 2 telegrams from Dove and his wife Helen ("Reds") to Smith, 1943-1944 (originals donated in 1992); a card catalog of Dove's paintings; and a typescript of the 1976 revised edition of Smith's master's thesis, "Arthur G. Dove: A Study in Contemporary Art."

REELS 2425-2426: Provenance records for ca. 700 of Dove's paintings and sketches, compiled by Smith under the auspices of the American Art Research Council, containing information about title, ownership, medium, special markings on picture and frame, condition, date of work, and exhibition of work.

UNMICROFILMED: Personal papers relating to Smith's career and civic and social activities in the Washington, D.C. area, 1923-1988, including correspondence, letters to her husband, Gordon H. Smith, while he was an army musician stationed in California in 1944; class notes from her studies at American University; annotated sketchbooks; Smith's wedding album; printed material; and photographs of Smith, relatives and friends, including artist Peter Hurd.

Also included are materials on Dove, 1936-1989, including letters concerning Dove from Georgia O'Keeffe, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Alden Jewell, Duncan Phillips,and Charles Alan; Smith's 1944 edition of her master's thesis; research notes on Dove, including transcribed Dove writings and correspondence; printed material; slides of Dove's work; and 4 microfilm reels of material collected during her research, portions contained in her papers.

Biographical / Historical:

Art historian, author, painter (1913-1989) of Washington, D.C.

Provenance:

Material on reels 2425-2426 donated 1972 by Nathaly Baum. Material on reel 1043 lent for microfilming 1976 by Smith, and except for the 1976 revised thesis, was subsequently donated along with the unmicrofilmed material 1992 by Daisy Mullet Smith, Smith's daughter.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Art historians -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Painting, American  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.smitsuza

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d3d783cc-d18e-468a-b6ff-559853d88223

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-smitsuza

Interviewee:

Alan, Charles, 1908?-1975  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul  Search this

Names:

Kaufmann, Edgar, 1910-1989  Search this

Louchheim, Joseph H., 1908?-1970  Search this

McAndrew, John  Search this

Saarinen, Aline B. (Aline Bernstein), 1914-1972  Search this

Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961  Search this

Shaw, Elizabeth Roberts, 1921-  Search this

Stanton, Frank, b. 1890  Search this

Extent:

31 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1973 February 17

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Charles Alan conducted 1973 February 17, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Alan reminisces about his sister, Aline Saarinen. He touches upon her educational background; her work for "Art News" magazine and the "New York Times"; and research for her book, "The Proud Possessors," and an unpublished biography of Stanford White. He discusses Saarinen's television career with NBC News; and her relationships with Edgar Kaufman, Jr., Joseph Louchheim, John McAndrew, Elizabeth Shaw, Frank Stanton and others. Alan also comments on Eero Saarinen's personality, architectural projects, and work methods.

Biographical / Historical:

Charles Alan (1908?-1975) was an art dealer from New York, New York. Attended Horace Mann School, graduating in 1924, and Yale School of Drama in 1925. Worked as a set designer for MGM and Warner Brothers. In 1930, became a theatrical set designer and director. After serving in the Army in World War II, he worked for Edith Halpert at the Downtown Gallery. In 1952, he opened the Charles Alan Gallery, specializing in contemporary art. Alan closed the gallery in 1970 to become a private dealer.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hrs., 6 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.

Occupation:

Art critics -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.alan73

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95a6c7060-4196-4c46-90c3-077793184233

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-alan73